Pilmer v Duke Group Ltd (in liq)

Pilmer v Duke Group Ltd
Court	High Court of Australia
Full case name	Pilmer v Duke Group Ltd (In Liq)
Decided	31 May 2001
Citations	[2001] HCA 31, (2001) 207 CLR 165
Case history
Prior actions	Duke Group Ltd (In Liq) v Pilmer [1999] SASC 97, (1999) 17 ACLC 1329 (20 May 1999), Full Court; Duke Group Ltd (In Liq) v Pilmer [1998] SASC 6529, (1998) 16 ACLC 567 (30 January 1998), trial
Appealed from	Supreme Court (SA)
Court membership
Judges sitting	McHugh, Gummow, Kirby, Hayne and Callinan JJ
Case opinions
Decision by	McHugh, Gummow, Hayne and Callinan JJ; Kirby J concurring in part

Pilmer v Duke Group Ltd^[1] is an Australian company law case concerning the adequacy of consideration paid for shares, as well as on the questions of duty of care and fiduciary duty owed by experts retained in such matters.